USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

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Choose the correct definition for the following word:plantation

(A) a written agreement between two or more countries

(B) to represent something as being larger, better, or worse than it actually is

(C) a feeling produced in a situation when people do not trust each other

(D) ** a large farm or estate on which crops such as cotton, sugar, and tobacco are grown

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The correct option is C A large farm. A plantation is a large estate that grows cash crops. Plantations are associated with the production of coffee, sugarcane, tobacco, tea and cotton.

Concept note-2: -: a usually large group of plants and especially trees under cultivation. : a settlement in a new country or region. Plymouth Plantation. 3. : a place that is planted or under cultivation.

Concept note-3: -Plantation crops are perennial crops that are grown on a large scale by an individual or a company. For example, rubber, tea, coffee, oil palm, coconut, etc. They are also known as cash crops.

Concept note-4: -The correct option is B estates. A huge land used for cultivation of mainly a single crop is called a plantation or an estate.

Concept note-5: -A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on.